Isla Norte in Dorado moves ahead with a 24-home second phase
The second phase of Isla Norte, a 24-home stage of the Sabanera Dorado subdivision in Higuillar, Dorado, has an approved infrastructure recommendation request, filed September 3, 2026, under case 2025-647759-SRI-333669. An infrastructure recommendation request is filed with the permits office before a construction permit or consultation, to check whether infrastructure is available for a project.
The filing describes Sabanera Dorado as a private project of 1,600 single-family homes in seven clusters, five of them completed and delivered. Isla Norte, the islands in the north of the project, is its sixth phase, of 112 homes: the first 43 were built and approved, and the second phase covers the next 24.
Construction permits for the phase
Construction permit filings now cover 20 of the 24 homes of the second phase, filed in six batches since December 2025. Three batches, for 10 homes, are under inspection, and the other three, for 10 homes, are marked incomplete, the newest for units 1001, 1002 and 1003, filed October 21, 2026.
What Isla Norte homes ask
Two Isla Norte homes are advertised for sale: one of 474 m2 (about 5,102 sq ft) at $4,200,000, listed since March 2026, and one of 511 m2 (about 5,500 sq ft) at $4,500,000, listed since September 2026. A home of 455 m2 on Isla Norte is offered for rent at $19,900 a month. In 2025, listing sites marked a 511 m2 home there sold at $3,675,000.
Filing activity in Dorado
Dorado had 149 infrastructure recommendation requests over the past 12 months, fewer than the 223 of the 12 months before, and other properties in Higuillar drew 361 permit filings over the past 90 days.